U.S. patent application number 14/543064 was filed with the patent office on 2015-05-21 for methods for preferential growth of cobalt within substrate features.
The applicant listed for this patent is APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.. Invention is credited to AVGERINOS V. GELATOS, BHUSHAN N. ZOPE.
Application Number | 20150140233 14/543064 |
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Family ID | 53173567 |
Filed Date | 2015-05-21 |
United States Patent
Application |
20150140233 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
ZOPE; BHUSHAN N. ; et
al. |
May 21, 2015 |
METHODS FOR PREFERENTIAL GROWTH OF COBALT WITHIN SUBSTRATE
FEATURES
Abstract
Methods for depositing cobalt in features of a substrate include
providing a substrate to a process chamber, the substrate having a
first surface, a feature formed in the first surface comprising an
opening defined by one or more sidewalls, a bottom surface, and
upper corners, and the substrate having a first layer formed atop
the first surface and the opening, wherein a thickness of the first
layer is greater proximate the upper corners of the opening than at
the sidewalls and bottom of the opening; exposing the substrate to
a plasma formed from a silicon-containing gas to deposit a silicon
layer predominantly onto a portion of the first layer atop the
first surface of the substrate; and depositing a cobalt layer atop
the substrate to fill the opening, wherein the silicon layer
inhibits deposition of cobalt on the portion of the first layer
atop the first surface of the substrate.
Inventors: |
ZOPE; BHUSHAN N.; (Santa
Clara, CA) ; GELATOS; AVGERINOS V.; (Redwood City,
CA) |
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Applicant: |
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APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. |
Santa Clara |
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US |
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Family ID: |
53173567 |
Appl. No.: |
14/543064 |
Filed: |
November 17, 2014 |
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Application
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61905647 |
Nov 18, 2013 |
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Current U.S.
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427/535 |
Current CPC
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C23C 14/046 20130101;
C23C 16/0281 20130101; C23C 16/50 20130101; C23C 16/24 20130101;
C23C 16/06 20130101; C23C 16/045 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
427/535 |
International
Class: |
C23C 16/50 20060101
C23C016/50; C23C 16/505 20060101 C23C016/505; C23C 16/24 20060101
C23C016/24; C23C 16/06 20060101 C23C016/06 |
Claims
1. A method of depositing a cobalt layer in features of a
substrate, comprising: providing a substrate to a process chamber,
the substrate having a first surface, a feature formed in the first
surface comprising an opening defined by one or more sidewalls, a
bottom surface, and upper corners, and the substrate having a first
layer formed atop the first surface and the opening, wherein a
thickness of the first layer is greater proximate the upper corners
of the opening than at the sidewalls and bottom of the opening;
exposing the substrate to a plasma formed from a silicon-containing
gas to deposit a silicon layer predominantly onto a portion of the
first layer atop the first surface of the substrate; and depositing
a cobalt layer atop the substrate to fill the opening, wherein the
silicon layer inhibits deposition of cobalt on the portion of the
first layer atop the first surface of the substrate.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the silicon-containing gas is
silane (SiH4).
3. The method of claim 1, wherein exposing the substrate to the
plasma further comprises maintaining a process chamber temperature
of about 100 degrees Celsius to about 500 degrees Celsius.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein exposing the substrate to the
plasma further comprises maintaining a process chamber pressure of
about 0.5 Torr to about 50 Torr.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein exposing the substrate to the
plasma further comprises exposing the substrate to the plasma for
about 5 seconds to about 200 seconds.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, applying a bias power
to the substrate while exposing the first layer to the plasma.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein a deposition rate of the cobalt
layer is faster on the sidewalls and the bottom of the opening than
on a top surface of the first layer.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein exposing the substrate to the
plasma further comprises providing RF energy to the
silicon-containing gas to form the plasma.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the silicon layer has a thickness
of about 1 angstrom to about 25 angstroms.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the feature has a first critical
dimension proximate the upper corners that is less than a second
critical dimension proximate the bottom of the feature.
11. A method of depositing a cobalt layer in features of a
substrate, comprising: providing a substrate to a process chamber,
the substrate having a first surface, a feature formed in the first
surface comprising an opening defined by one or more sidewalls, a
bottom surface, and upper corners, and the substrate having a first
layer formed atop the first surface and the opening, wherein a
thickness of the first layer is greater proximate the upper corners
of the opening than at the sidewalls and bottom of the opening;
exposing the substrate to a plasma formed from a silicon-containing
gas to deposit a silicon layer predominantly onto a portion of the
first layer atop the first surface of the substrate, wherein the
process chamber has a temperature of about 100 degrees Celsius to
about 500 degrees Celsius and a pressure of about 0.5 Torr to about
50 Torr, and wherein the substrate is exposed to the plasma for
about 5 seconds to about 200 seconds; applying a bias power to the
substrate while exposing the first layer to the plasma; and
depositing a cobalt layer atop the substrate to fill the opening,
wherein the silicon layer inhibits deposition of cobalt on the
portion of the first layer atop the first surface of the
substrate.
12. A computer readable medium, having instructions stored thereon
which, when executed, cause a process chamber to perform a method
of depositing a cobalt layer, the method comprising: providing a
substrate to a process chamber, the substrate having a first
surface, a feature formed in the first surface comprising an
opening defined by one or more sidewalls, a bottom surface, and
upper corners, and the substrate having a first layer formed atop
the first surface and the opening, wherein a thickness of the first
layer is greater proximate the upper corners of the opening than at
the sidewalls and bottom of the opening; exposing the substrate to
a plasma formed from a silicon-containing gas to deposit a silicon
layer predominantly onto a portion of the first layer atop the
first surface of the substrate; and depositing a cobalt layer atop
the substrate to fill the opening, wherein the silicon layer
inhibits deposition of cobalt on the portion of the first layer
atop the first surface of the substrate.
13. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the
silicon-containing gas is silane (SiH4).
14. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein exposing the
substrate to the plasma further comprises maintaining a process
chamber temperature of about 100 degrees Celsius to about 500
degrees Celsius.
15. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein exposing the
substrate to the plasma further comprises maintaining a process
chamber pressure of about 0.5 Torr to about 50 Torr.
16. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein exposing the
substrate to the plasma further comprises exposing the substrate to
the plasma for about 5 seconds to about 200 seconds.
17. The computer readable medium of claim 12, further comprising,
applying a bias power to the substrate while exposing the first
layer to the plasma.
18. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein a deposition
rate of the cobalt layer is faster on the sidewalls of the opening
than on a top surface of the first layer.
19. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein exposing the
substrate to the plasma further comprises providing RF energy to
the silicon-containing gas to form the plasma.
20. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the feature
has a first critical dimension proximate the upper corners that is
less than a second critical dimension proximate the bottom of the
feature.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims benefit of U.S. provisional patent
application Ser. No. 61/905,647, filed Nov. 18, 2013, which is
herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
FIELD
[0002] Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to
methods of depositing cobalt in features formed on a substrate.
BACKGROUND
[0003] The inventors have observed that chemical vapor deposition
of cobalt can be used as a metal deposition technique for
applications such as forming metal interconnects in an integrated
circuit. This may be accomplished, for example, by growing metal
films directly onto a dielectric layer, or alternatively, onto a
barrier layer, such as titanium nitride (TiN). For a logic-contact
fill application, a sputter clean process may be performed to
remove oxide from a bottom of an interface, followed by physical
vapor deposition of a titanium layer prior to a low-resistivity
metal fill. However, the inventors have observed that using such a
process for a cobalt fill may undesirably result in the deposition
of a cobalt film with a void trapped inside the feature.
[0004] Accordingly, the inventors have developed improved
techniques to deposit cobalt in features disposed in a
substrate.
SUMMARY
[0005] Methods for depositing cobalt in features of a substrate are
provided herein. In some embodiments, methods for depositing cobalt
include providing a substrate to a process chamber, the substrate
having a first surface, a feature formed in the first surface
comprising an opening defined by one or more sidewalls, a bottom
surface, and upper corners, and the substrate having a first layer
formed atop the first surface and the opening, wherein a thickness
of the first layer is greater proximate the upper corners of the
opening than at the sidewalls and bottom of the opening; exposing
the substrate to a plasma formed from a silicon-containing gas to
deposit a silicon layer predominantly onto a portion of the first
layer atop the first surface of the substrate; and depositing a
cobalt layer atop the substrate to fill the opening, wherein the
silicon layer inhibits deposition of cobalt on the portion of the
first layer atop the first surface of the substrate.
[0006] In some embodiments, methods for depositing a cobalt layer
in features of a substrate may include: providing a substrate to a
process chamber, the substrate having a first surface, a feature
formed in the first surface comprising an opening defined by one or
more sidewalls, a bottom surface, and upper corners, and the
substrate having a first layer formed atop the first surface and
the opening, wherein a thickness of the first layer is greater
proximate the upper corners of the opening than at the sidewalls
and bottom of the opening; exposing the substrate to a plasma
formed from a silicon-containing gas to deposit a silicon layer
predominantly onto a portion of the first layer atop the first
surface of the substrate, wherein the process chamber has a
temperature of about 100 degrees Celsius to about 500 degrees
Celsius and a pressure of about 0.5 Torr to about 50 Torr, and
wherein the substrate is exposed to the plasma for about 5 seconds
to about 200 seconds; applying a bias power to the substrate while
exposing the first layer to the plasma and depositing a cobalt
layer atop the substrate to fill the opening, wherein the silicon
layer inhibits deposition of cobalt on the portion of the first
layer atop the first surface of the substrate.
[0007] In some embodiments, a computer readable medium, having
instructions stored thereon which, when executed, cause a process
chamber to perform a method for depositing cobalt in features
formed on a substrate. The method may include any of the
embodiments disclosed herein
[0008] Other and further embodiments of the present disclosure are
described below.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] Embodiments of the present disclosure, briefly summarized
above and discussed in greater detail below, can be understood by
reference to the illustrative embodiments of the disclosure
depicted in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that
the appended drawings illustrate only typical embodiments of this
disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its
scope, for the disclosure may admit to other equally effective
embodiments.
[0010] FIG. 1 depicts a flow chart of a method for depositing
cobalt in features formed on a substrate in accordance with some
embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0011] FIGS. 2A-C depicts the stages of filling a feature with
cobalt in accordance with some embodiments of the present
disclosure.
[0012] FIG. 3 depicts a process chamber suitable for performing a
method of depositing cobalt in features formed on a substrate in
accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0013] To facilitate understanding, identical reference numerals
have been used, where possible, to designate identical elements
that are common to the figures. The figures are not drawn to scale
and may be simplified for clarity. It is contemplated that elements
and features of one embodiment may be beneficially incorporated in
other embodiments without further recitation.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0014] Methods for depositing cobalt in features formed on a
substrate are provided herein. The inventive methods advantageously
provide the preferential growth of a cobalt fill within features
formed on a substrate without the formation of a void. The
inventive methods may be utilized in the formation of metal
interconnects in an integrated circuit, or in the formation of a
metal gate or a metal-contact gap fill process, as well as other
suitable applications where depositing a metal fill layer without a
void in substrate features may be desired.
[0015] FIG. 1 depicts a flow chart of a method 100 for depositing
cobalt in accordance with some embodiments of the present
disclosure. The method 100 is described below with respect to the
stages of filling a feature with cobalt as depicted in FIGS. 2A-2C
and may be performed, for example, in a suitable reactor, such as
is described below with respect to FIG. 3.
[0016] The method 100 begins at 102 by providing a substrate 200 to
a process chamber, such as is described below with respect to FIG.
3. The substrate 200 may be any suitable substrate having a feature
204 formed therein. For example, the substrate 200 may comprise one
or more of silicon (Si), silicon oxide (SiO.sub.2), or the like. In
addition, the substrate 200 may include additional layers of
materials or may have one or more completed or partially completed
structures formed therein or thereon.
[0017] As depicted in FIG. 2A, the substrate 200 includes a first
surface 202 having a feature 204 formed in the first surface of the
substrate 200. The feature 204 comprises an opening 220 formed in
the first surface 202 of the substrate 200 and extending into the
substrate 200 towards an opposing second surface of the substrate
200.
[0018] The opening 220 may be any suitable opening such as a via,
trench, dual damascene structure, or the like. In some embodiments,
the feature 204 may have a height to width aspect ratio of about
3:1 to about 15:1. The opening 220 may be formed by etching the
substrate 200 using any suitable etch process. The opening 220 is
defined by one or more sidewalls 206, a bottom 208, and upper
corners 210.
[0019] A first layer 212 is formed atop the first surface 202, the
bottom 208, and the sidewalls 206 prior to depositing cobalt
material as described at 106 below. In some embodiments, the
thickness of the first layer 212 may be greater proximate the upper
corners 210 of the opening 220 than at the sidewalls 206 and bottom
208 of the opening 220, to create an overhang 222. As a result of
the overhang 222, the critical dimension at the opening 220 is
smaller than at the middle and bottom of the feature 204.
[0020] In some embodiments, the first layer 212 may be an oxide
material, such as silicon oxide (SiO.sub.2) or the like. The oxide
material may be deposited or grown by any suitable oxidation
process using any suitable process chamber, for example a chemical
vapor deposition (CVD) chamber or an oxidation chamber. The oxide
material may serve as an electrical and/or physical barrier between
the substrate and a metal-containing layer to be subsequently
deposited in the opening, and/or may function as a better surface
for attachment during the deposition process discussed below than a
native surface of the substrate. In some embodiments, the first
layer 212 may include a barrier material deposited atop the oxide
layer. In some embodiments, an oxide layer is not present and the
barrier material may be the first layer 212 formed atop the first
surface 202, the bottom 208 and sidewalls 206 of the feature 204.
The barrier material may serve a similar purpose as the oxide
material discussed above. In some embodiments, the barrier material
may include at least one of titanium (Ti), tantalum (Ta), and
oxides or nitrides of Ti, Ta, or the like. The barrier material may
be deposited by any suitable methods, such as by CVD or PVD.
[0021] Next at 104, the substrate 200 is exposed to a plasma 214
formed from a silicon containing gas. In some embodiments, the
silicon-containing gas can be silane (SiH.sub.4) or derivatives
thereof (e.g., disilane, trisilane, tetrasilane, chlorosilane,
dichlorosilane, tetrachlorosilane, hexachlorodisilane,
methylsilane, or the like). The plasma process is conducted in any
suitable process chamber having a plasma source, for example the
process chamber depicted in FIG. 3.
[0022] In some embodiments, the plasma 214 is formed by providing
about 10 watts to 1,000 watts of RF energy at a suitable frequency,
such as about 2 MHz to about 60 MHz to the process chamber. In some
embodiments, the process chamber may be maintained at a pressure of
about 0.5 Torr to about 50 Torr during the plasma exposure process.
The pressure in the chamber may be maintained by the flow rate of
the silicon-containing gas and/or the flow rate of an additional
gas, such as an inert gas, which may be co-flowed with the
silicon-containing gas. In some embodiments, the temperature in the
process chamber during the plasma exposure process is about 100
degrees Celsius to about 500 degrees Celsius, for example about 400
degrees Celsius to about 500 degrees Celsius. In some embodiments,
the substrate is exposed to the plasma 214 for about 5 seconds to
about 200 seconds.
[0023] The inventors have observed that capacitive plasma
treatments are highly directional, which facilitates the direction
of the silicon ions approximately perpendicular to the first
surface 202. As a result, a silicon layer 216 is formed
predominantly on a portion of the first layer 212 atop the first
surface 202 of the substrate 200 and is not predominantly formed on
the sidewalls or bottom of the feature 204. In some embodiments,
the silicon layer 216 has a thickness of about 1 angstrom to about
25 angstroms. Thus, a capacitive plasma process will minimize the
amount of silicon that is formed on the sidewalls 206 and bottom
208 of the feature 204. In some embodiments, a bias power (e.g., RF
energy) can be applied to the substrate to control the
directionality of the silicon ions.
[0024] Next at 106, a cobalt layer 218 is deposited atop the
substrate 200 to fill the opening 220. The cobalt layer 218 may be
deposited using any suitable metal deposition process, for example
a CVD or PVD process. The inventors have observed that the presence
of the silicon layer 216 formed in step 104 above inhibits the
deposition of a cobalt layer 218 on the portion of the first layer
212 atop the first surface 202 of the substrate resulting in the
deposition of the cobalt layer 218 occurring faster on the
sidewalls 206 and bottom 208 of the opening 220 than on the first
surface 202 (e.g., the top surface) of the first layer 212. The
feature 204 is thus advantageously filled with cobalt without the
formation of a void. For example, the inventors have observed that
the presence of the silicon layer 216 delays the growth of the
cobalt on the portion of the first layer 212 atop the first surface
202 of the substrate by about 20 seconds to about 30 seconds.
Depending upon the deposition rate of cobalt, this can result in
the deposition of about 10 angstroms to about 50 angstroms of
cobalt inside the feature 204 before the growth of cobalt on the
portion of the first layer 212 atop the first surface 202 of the
substrate.
[0025] After the feature 204 is filled, the method 100 generally
ends and the substrate 200 may proceed for further processing. In
some embodiments, subsequent processes such as deposition, etch,
annealing, or the like may be performed to fabricate a finished
device.
[0026] FIG. 3 depicts a schematic diagram of an illustrative
apparatus 300 of the kind that may be used to practice embodiments
of the disclosure as discussed herein. The apparatus 300 may
comprise a controller 350 and a process chamber 302 having an
exhaust system 320 for removing excess process gases, processing
by-products, or the like, from the inner volume 305 of the process
chamber 302. Exemplary process chambers may include any of several
process chambers configured for chemical vapor deposition (CVD),
available from Applied Materials, Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif. Other
suitable process chambers from other manufacturers may similarly be
used.
[0027] The process chamber 302 has an inner volume 305 that may
include a processing volume 304. The processing volume 304 may be
defined, for example, between a substrate support 308 disposed
within the process chamber 302 for supporting a substrate 310
thereupon during processing and one or more gas inlets, such as a
showerhead 314 and/or nozzles provided at desired locations. In
some embodiments, the substrate support 308 may include a mechanism
that retains or supports the substrate 310 on the surface of the
substrate support 308, such as an electrostatic chuck, a vacuum
chuck, a substrate retaining clamp, or the like (not shown). In
some embodiments, the substrate support 308 may include mechanisms
for controlling the substrate temperature (such as heating and/or
cooling devices, not shown) and/or for controlling the species flux
and/or ion energy proximate the substrate surface.
[0028] For example, in some embodiments, the substrate support 308
may include an RF bias electrode 340. The RF bias electrode 340 may
be coupled to one or more bias power sources (one bias power source
338 shown) through one or more respective matching networks
(matching network 336 shown). The one or more bias power sources
may be capable of producing up to 1200 W or RF energy at a
frequency of about 2 MHz to about 60 MHz, such as at about 2 MHz,
or about 13.56 MHz, or about 60 Mhz. In some embodiments, two bias
power sources may be provided for coupling RF power through
respective matching networks to the RF bias electrode 340 at
respective frequencies of about 2 MHz and about 13.56 MHz. The at
least one bias power source may provide either continuous or pulsed
power. In some embodiments, the bias power source alternatively may
be a DC or pulsed DC source.
[0029] The substrate 310 may enter the process chamber 302 via an
opening 312 in a wall of the process chamber 302. The opening 312
may be selectively sealed via a slit valve 318, or other mechanism
for selectively providing access to the interior of the chamber
through the opening 312. The substrate support 308 may be coupled
to a lift mechanism 334 that may control the position of the
substrate support 308 between a lower position (as shown) suitable
for transferring substrates into and out of the chamber via the
opening 312 and a selectable upper position suitable for
processing. The process position may be selected to maximize
process uniformity for a particular process. When in at least one
of the elevated processing positions, the substrate support 308 may
be disposed above the opening 312 to provide a symmetrical
processing region.
[0030] The one or more gas inlets (e.g., the showerhead 314) may be
coupled to a gas supply 316 for providing one or more process gases
through a mass flow controller 317 into the processing volume 304
of the process chamber 302. In addition, one or more valves 319 may
be provided to control the flow of the one or more process gases.
The mass flow controller 317 and one or more valves 319 may be used
individually, or in conjunction to provide the process gases at
desired flow rates at a constant flow rate, or pulsed (as described
above).
[0031] Although a showerhead 314 is shown in FIG. 3, additional or
alternative gas inlets may be provided such as nozzles or inlets
disposed in the ceiling or on the sidewalls of the process chamber
302 or at other locations suitable for providing gases as desired
to the process chamber 302, such as the base of the process
chamber, the periphery of the substrate support, or the like.
[0032] The apparatus 300 may utilize capacitively coupled RF energy
for plasma processing. For example, the process chamber 302 may
have a ceiling 342 made from dielectric materials and a showerhead
314 that is at least partially conductive to provide an RF
electrode (or a separate RF electrode may be provided). The
showerhead 314 (or other RF electrode) may be coupled to one or
more RF power sources (one RF power source 348 shown) through one
or more respective matching networks (matching network 346 shown).
The one or more plasma sources may be capable of producing up to
about 3,000 W, or in some embodiments, up to about 5,000 W, of RF
energy at a frequency of about 2 MHz and/or about 13.56 MHz or a
high frequency, such as 27 MHz and/or 60 MHz. The exhaust system
320 generally includes a pumping plenum 324 and one or more
conduits that couple the pumping plenum 324 to the inner volume 305
(and generally, the processing volume 304) of the process chamber
302.
[0033] A vacuum pump 328 may be coupled to the pumping plenum 324
via a pumping port 326 for pumping out the exhaust gases from the
process chamber via one or more exhaust ports (two exhaust ports
322 shown). 302. The vacuum pump 328 may be fluidly coupled to an
exhaust outlet 332 for routing the exhaust to appropriate exhaust
handling equipment. A valve 330 (such as a gate valve, or the like)
may be disposed in the pumping plenum 324 to facilitate control of
the flow rate of the exhaust gases in combination with the
operation of the vacuum pump 328. Although a z-motion gate valve is
shown, any suitable, process compatible valve for controlling the
flow of the exhaust may be utilized.
[0034] To facilitate control of the process chamber 302 as
described above, the controller 350 may be one of any form of
general-purpose computer processor that can be used in an
industrial setting for controlling various chambers and
sub-processors. The memory, or computer-readable medium, 356 of the
CPU 352 may be one or more of readily available memory such as
random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), floppy disk,
hard disk, or any other form of digital storage, local or remote.
The support circuits 354 are coupled to the CPU 352 for supporting
the processor in a conventional manner. These circuits include
cache, power supplies, clock circuits, input/output circuitry and
subsystems, and the like.
[0035] The inventive methods disclosed herein may generally be
stored in the memory 356 as a software routine 358 that, when
executed by the CPU 352, causes the process chamber 302 to perform
processes of the present disclosure. The software routine 358 may
also be stored and/or executed by a second CPU (not shown) that is
remotely located from the hardware being controlled by the CPU 352.
Some or all of the method of the present disclosure may also be
performed in hardware. As such, the disclosure may be implemented
in software and executed using a computer system, in hardware as,
e.g., an application specific integrated circuit or other type of
hardware implementation, or as a combination of software and
hardware. The software routine 358 may be executed after the
substrate 310 is positioned on the substrate support 308. The
software routine 358, when executed by the CPU 352, transforms the
general purpose computer into a specific purpose computer
(controller) 350 that controls the chamber operation such that the
methods disclosed herein are performed.
[0036] The disclosure may be practiced using other semiconductor
substrate processing systems wherein the processing parameters may
be adjusted to achieve acceptable characteristics by those skilled
in the art by utilizing the teachings disclosed herein without
departing from the spirit of the disclosure.
[0037] While the foregoing is directed to embodiments of the
present disclosure, other and further embodiments of the disclosure
may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof.
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